Witness History Episodes Available now
‘Baby’ computer is invented
In 1948, the ‘Baby’ paved the way for today’s computers
The nightclub that changed Manchester
In 1962, the Reno became Manchester's first racially inclusive nightclub
The discovery of the San José shipwreck
In 2015, the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks was found off the coast of Colombia
The birth of India's call centre industry
Pramod Bhasin set up India’s first call centre in 1997
Stardust: Ireland's deadly nightclub fire
In 1981, a fire in a Dublin nightclub killed 48 people
Connecting homes to the internet using cable TV
In 1991, Rouzbeh Yassini created technology enabling millions of homes to access the web
Norway’s teacher resistance in World War Two
During the Nazi occupation of Norway, the country’s teachers resisted teaching propaganda
Firefighter: Surviving the 9/11 North Tower collapse
On 11 September 2001, firefighter Jay Jonas was inside the North Tower when it collapsed
The weather report that changed the date of D-Day
In 1944, a weather report predicted a storm that changed the course of WW2 history
Bayeux Tapestry: the lost Nazi archive
In 1994, a French curator helped recover documents thought lost since World War Two
